Prisons: Greater London

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times the National Tactical Response Group was called out to each prison in London in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.

Jeremy Wright: The National Offender Management Service's National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) is a specialist resource to assist both public and private sector establishments in safely managing and resolving serious incidents in prisons.
	NTRG staff have been called to attend incidents at less than half of the total number of establishments in the past year. The number of callouts has been fairly consistent over the years in question, though there has been a slight rise in the number of callouts over recent months. This is mainly due to minor incidents such as prisoners protesting by climbing onto the netting between landings. NTRG staff have the specialist skills required to deal with such incidents which accounted for 69% of all the callouts in the past year, and they are frequently called to attend as a precautionary measure. Not all callouts result in engagement by NTRG staff, with a number of situations being resolved locally. Of the all the incidents NTRG attended up to 31 October 2013, 76% were resolved by surrender. There has been no rise in the number of serious incidents being attended.

Victim Support

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what assessment he has made of the potential effects on each region of changing the funding formula of Victim Support;
	(2)  how much funding will be allocated to each region within the new funding structure for Victim Support.

Damian Green: More money than ever before will be available for services to support victims of crime, with a potential budget of up to £100 million. Changes to the Victim Surcharge will provide up to £50 million more per year for victims' services. This has the potential to double the Ministry of Justice's current spending of around £50 million on support provision.
	Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are best placed to understand the needs of victims in their communities which is why they will be responsible for commissioning local victims' services from October 2014 and will make decisions on which services will be commissioned in their area, based on the needs of the local community. Some services will be nationally commissioned by the Ministry of Justice such as services for victims of human trafficking and the homicide service.
	PCCs will be provided with a budget from the Ministry of Justice to commission victims' services and they were notified of the percentage allocation of the victims' services budget they will receive on 9 September 2013. The table is as follows. PCCs will be receiving their indicative budgets shortly.
	
		
			 Police force areas Population formula(1)(percentage) 
			 Avon and Somerset 2.86 
			 Bedfordshire 1.10 
			 Cambridgeshire 1.44 
			 Cheshire 1.82 
			 Cleveland 0.99 
			 Cumbria 0.88 
			 Derbyshire 1.81 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2.97 
			 Dorset 1.33 
			 Durham 1.10 
			 Dyfed-Powys 0.91 
			 Essex 3.08 
			 Gloucestershire 1.06 
			 Greater Manchester 4.78 
			 Gwent 1.02 
			 Hampshire 3.39 
			 Hertfordshire 2.00 
			 Humberside 1.63 
			 Kent 3.09 
			 Lancashire 2.59 
			 Leicestershire 1.81 
			 Lincolnshire 1.27 
			 Merseyside 2.45 
			 London (Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and City of London Police) 14.69 
			 Norfolk 1.53 
			 North Wales 1.22 
		
	
	
		
			 North Yorkshire 1.42 
			 Northamptonshire 1.24 
			 Northumbria 2.52 
			 Nottinghamshire 1.94 
			 South Wales 2.28 
			 South Yorkshire 2.39 
			 Staffordshire 1.95 
			 Suffolk 1.29 
			 Surrey 2.02 
			 Sussex 2.87 
			 Thames Valley 4.06 
			 Warwickshire 0.97 
			 West Mercia 2.17 
			 West Midlands 4.88 
			 West Yorkshire 3.96 
			 Wiltshire 1.22 
			 (1) Based on ONS’ Mid-2012 Population Estimates for England and Wales (aged 0+) rounded to 2 decimal places.

Victim Support Schemes

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding for victims' services was given to each police force area in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and what the funding will be for each such area from April 2014.

Damian Green: Under the current model by which the Ministry of Justice provides funding for victims’ services, funding is not directly or specifically given to, or allocated by police force area.
	The majority of Ministry of Justice funding for provision of victims and witness services since 2009-10 has been provided via a grant to Victim Support (£38.25 million in 2013-14). Under this model, support for victims in local areas is provided based on numbers of police and self referrals received, and the number and types of positive needs identified with victims on an individual basis. This grant also funds provision of the national Homicide Service, and the court based witness service.
	In addition, MOJ provides funding for a number of other organisations which support victims across different localities. This funding has been allocated to organisations based on identified needs rather than allocations by police force area.
	From 2014-15 onwards more money than ever before will be available for victims’ services, with a potential future total budget of up to £100 million per year.
	We are yet to finalise our 2014-15 allocations however our current forecast shows at least £75 million of funding of which £45,750 is to be spent on nationally commissioned support provision and £29,250 is to be allocated between PCCs. In 2014-15 PCCs will commission victim-led restorative justice and starting from 1 October 2014 they will also commission the majority of services for victims and witnesses. Our indicative budgets and percentage allocation for PCCs are shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Police force areas Population formula (%)(1) 2014-15 indicative budget (£)(2) 
			 Avon and Somerset 2.86% £835,000 
			 Bedfordshire 1.10 323,000 
			 Cambridgeshire 1.44 421,000 
		
	
	
		
			 Cheshire 1.82 533,000 
			 Cleveland 0.99 288,000 
			 Cumbria 0.88 258,000 
			 Derbyshire 1.81 529,000 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2.97 870,000 
			 Dorset 1.33 387,000 
			 Durham 1.10 320,000 
			 Dyfed-Powys 0.91 266,000 
			 Essex 3.08 900,000 
			 Gloucestershire 1.06 311,000 
			 Greater Manchester 4.78 1,397,000 
			 Gwent 1.02 298,000 
			 Hampshire 3.39 990,000 
			 Hertfordshire 2.00 583,000 
			 Humberside 1.63 476,000 
			 Kent 3.09 904,000 
			 Lancashire 2.59 757,000 
			 Leicestershire 1.81 530,000 
			 Lincolnshire 1.27 371,000 
			 Merseyside 2.45 716,000 
			 MOPAC/City 14.69 4,296,000 
			 Norfolk 1.53 447,000 
			 North Wales 1.22 357,000 
			 North Yorkshire 1.42 415,000 
			 Northamptonshire 1.24 362,000 
			 Northumbria 2.52 736,000 
			 Nottinghamshire 1.94 568,000 
			 South Wales 2.28 666,000 
			 South Yorkshire 2.39 699,000 
			 Staffordshire 1.95 569,000 
			 Suffolk 1.29 378,000 
			 Surrey 2.02 591,000 
			 Sussex 2.87 838,000 
			 Thames Valley 4.06 1,187,000 
			 Warwickshire 0.97 283,000 
			 West Mercia 2.17 635,000 
			 West Midlands 4.88 1,428,000 
			 West Yorkshire 3.96 1,158,000 
			 Wiltshire 1.22 356,000 
			 Total  (3)29,250,00 
			 (1) Based on ONS' Mid-2012 Population Estimates for England and Wales (aged 0+) 2 Rounded down to the nearest £1,000 (3) Rounded to the nearest £50,000

Exports

John Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the value of exports from each English region in the most recent year in (a) total, (b) total by sector and (c) total per head of population.

Michael Fallon: The value of goods exports by region is published by HMRC; no reliable estimate of the value of services exports by region is available. The following table shows the value of goods exports by English region and the value per head of population for 2012. Data for 2012 are provisional.
	
		
			 Exports of goods by English region, value and value per head of population, 2012 
			  Export value, 2012 (£ million) Resident population, mid-2012 (million) Export value per head of population, 2012 (£) 
			 North East 13,852 2.6 5,323 
			 North West 25,899 7.1 3,656 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 16,344 5.3 3,074 
			 East Midlands 18,705 4.6 4,095 
			 West Midlands 22,640 5.6 4,012 
			 East 27,640 5.9 4,679 
			 London 40,011 8.3 4,816 
			 South East 45,381 8.7 5,201 
			 South West 12,663 5.3 2,372 
			     
			 England 223,134 53.5 4,171 
			 Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics and Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates. 
		
	
	Regional data on exports by industry sector is not available. HMRC produce data on value of goods exported by the type of commodity; this data is shown in the following table by English region.
	
		
			 Exports of goods by English region and type of commodity, value, 2012 (£ million) 
			 Standard International Trade Classification North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands 
			 0—Food and live animals 44 1,100 760 752 545 
			 1—Beverages and tobacco 9 196 24 90 53 
			 2—Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 59 2,015 711 506 877 
			 3—Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 133 566 3,483 16 120 
			 4—Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 0 33 127 6 14 
		
	
	
		
			 5—Chemicals and related products, not elsewhere specified 3,958 12,513 2,673 1,299 1,246 
			 6—Manufactured goods classified by material 1,331 2,472 3,174 1,622 3,184 
			 7—Machinery and transport equipment 7,808 5,193 4,062 12,157 15,011 
			 8—Miscellaneous manufactured articles 452 1,743 1,249 2,216 1,539 
			 9—Commodities not classified elsewhere 58 67 79 41 52 
			       
			 All commodities 13,852 25,899 16,344 18,705 22,640 
			 Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics. 
		
	
	
		
			 Exports of goods by English region and type of commodity, value, 2012 (£ million) 
			 Standard International Trade Classification East London South East South West England 
			 0—Food and live animals 1,349 960 1,191 521 7,223 
			 1—Beverages and tobacco 132 1,511 212 95 2,320 
			 2—Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 566 884 843 336 6,798 
			 3—Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 4,457 9,295 5,147 6 23,224 
			 4—Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 40 56 74 4 355 
			 5—Chemicals and related products, not elsewhere specified 4,730 2,228 8,710 748 38,107 
			 6—Manufactured goods classified by material 2,649 8,425 2,253 1,218 26,329 
			 7—Machinery and transport equipment 10,092 4,775 20,078 7,781 86,956 
			 8—Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,442 11,670 6,367 1,915 30,592 
			 9—Commodities not classified elsewhere 181 206 506 39 1,231 
			       
			 All commodities 27,640 40,011 45,381 12,663 223,134 
			 Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics.